The Triune God: The Father

God the Father stays on the great white throne,
When the Triune God's in multiple roles;
He answers prayers, keeps things running on;
While His "partners" create, or convict lost souls!
The Father is supreme, when the Son's gone;
No man has ever seen the Father's face.
"If you know me, my Father you have known,"
Said Christ; "As you see me, on Him you gaze!"
The Son is God; He left His Dad behind,
When He lived with men, and died on the cross;
He fathered Himself, with the virgin kind;
God shed His own blood for men who were lost!
The most active of the Three is the Son;
We may as well call Him God, and be done!

Christians believe in one God that has revealed Himself in different roles with mankind, hence the name "The Triune God". Since "nothing is too hard for God" to do (See Genesis 18:14), He is able to divide Himself so that He can accomplish many tasks at once. For example, during the 33 years He lived in human flesh on earth like other men (Jesus), He left the Father in heaven on His throne. Yet, at His baptism in the Jordan River by John the Baptist, all the manifestations of God---the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit---appeared simultaneously to all the onlookers (See Mark 1:9-11).

Since the Son, who was known historically as Jesus, and in heaven as Christ (anointed King), was in the most active role of God, it is appropriate that He be called "God"; but, of course, it is also proper to use the same appellation for the Father and the Holy Spirit, for they are all one. For this to happen, God has the power to divide Himself into multiple beings, as this occurs often in the Bible. The Holy Spirit can indwell millions of believers (and does) simultaneously, while indwelling millions of lost persons, warning them of their sins against God (See John 14:17; 16:8). Though divided much of the time, God is at all rimes Himself, knowing all, and in complete command. This is what makes the Triune God a "mystery", for human logic cannot explain it.

No one has seen the Father's face except the Son. He told His apostles in John 14:5-19, "Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father." It is clear that He and the Father are one and the same being, yet He prayed often to the Father.